The senior thesis writer must complete the reading list suggested by his advisor and approved by the Jackson Scholars Director.

Obtain and read The Myth of the Robber Barons: A New Look at the Rise of Big Business in America by Burton W. Folsom, Jr. (ISBN: 0963020315). A quick read (135 pages of text) and a great insight into historical research and analysis.

Answer one of the following questions in 3 to 5 handwritten pages citing specific examples and evidence from this book:

1) Evaluate the extent to which technology changed life in the United States from 1800-1920.

2) Evaluate the extent to which the large companies impacted American Society from 1840-1920.

Note: Do not use block quotes, explain in your own words. Referencing the book is good but don’t just quote it- analyze and explain it. See AP Rubric for additional style and content guidelines- Long Essay Question Rubric.

Read The Guillotine and the Cross by Warren Carroll.  During the first week of school, you will take an essay-test worth a substantial part of your first quarter grade.  The test will ask you to demonstrate a knowledge of the book’s major themes, by answering with sufficient detail.

You will need to purchase the book through Sophia Institute Press:

https://sophiainstitute.com/product/the-guillotine-and-the-cross/

Due Date: First day of school.

Algebra 2 Summer Assignment

Sellier Pre-Geometry-Summer Assignment – 2023-and-Beyond.pdf

AP Calc AB SummerAssignment

Click here to download the Pre-Calculus summer assignment.

The only Summer assignment is to acquire a TI-84 Graphing calculator (can be the *Plus/Silver Edition/CE).

Do practice tests and practice Calculus AB problem sets from your Princeton review prep book all summer long. Stay loose and nimble with the material: there will be an exam on the first day of classes in September (a mini mock AP Calculus AB exam) to see how much you retained over the Summer. It will count as your first exam grade of the year.

MATH 445-446 Pre-Calculus and the Derivative

Mr. Michael Moynihan

Summer assignment

Spend time reading through chapter P (stands for “prerequisites”) in your text, Precalculus 4^th edition by Larson and Hostetler (ISBN 0669417416). These pages are available here: 1300_001 (1). This material should mostly be a review of what you have already covered in previous math courses. As you go through this material, do at least 150 problems from the text. While it is up to you what problems you choose, you will benefit most from this assignment if you choose problems that reinforce areas that need improvement. In other words, if you choose easy problems to simply complete the assignment, you will not benefit as much. You should choose problems that help solidify your foundation.

During the first part of the year we will cover this material quickly. If you do this assignment well, you will find the first part of the course easier. If you come to class without a strong foundation in the material this summer assignment covers, the beginning of the year will be difficult.

I will collect your summer assignment on the first day of school and grade it based on completion and effort shown (students who show their work and choose diverse problems will receive higher marks).

MATH 447-448 Calculus

Mr. Michael Moynihan

Summer assignment

Spend time reading through chapter P (stands for “prerequisites”) in your text, Precalculus 4^th edition by Larson and Hostetler (ISBN 0669417416). These pages are available here: 1300_001 (1). This material should mostly be a review of what you have already covered in previous math courses. As you go through this material, do at least 150 problems from the text. While it is up to you what problems you choose, you will benefit most from this assignment if you choose problems that reinforce areas that need improvement. In other words, if you choose easy problems to simply complete the assignment, you will not benefit as much. You should choose problems that help solidify your foundation.

During the first part of the year we will cover this material quickly. If you do this assignment well, you will find the first part of the course easier. If you come to class without a strong foundation in the material this summer assignment covers, the beginning of the year will be difficult.

I will collect your summer assignment on the first day of school and grade it based on completion and effort shown (students who show their work and choose diverse problems will receive higher marks).

Read Young & Freedman Ch. 1 and do odds 1.1 to 1.97. Be sure to check the Answers and try to figure out  mistakes. (Click on the links for the text and answers.)

Assignments listed below are from Introductory Chemistry: A Foundation, by Zumdahl and DeCoste. (This is the textbook from The Heights’ Introductory Chemistry class; you will receive your AP textbook when school starts.)

1. Make a simple outline of Ch. 18.
2. Do the Self-Check Exercises in those sections.
3. Do the following Chapter Review problems: Evens # 2-16, 32, 34, 40-64.

You can email pictures of your work to pbancroft@heights.edu or turn in a hard copy on the first day of school.

No AP Biology summer assignment. However, if you feel you wanted to do something to prepare I would suggest you get a 9th grade biology text (from me), and I would suggest some chapters to read over the summer. Some of these chapters we did not cover in 9th grade. This would be especially good if you have not taken high school biology yet. But there is no required assignment and nothing will be collected at the start of the school year.

The summer assignment consists of completion of the review sections of the CURSO PRIMERO book. The assignment can be downloaded here:

SPII-Summer-2022-Assignment

This assignment is due on the first day of class.  A vocabulary quiz will be held on the third day of class.

Advanced Spanish Summer Assignment

You are expected to know all the conjugations for the regular verbs Hablar, Comer, and Vivir(with the exception of the preterit perfect indicative, the future subjunctive, and the future perfect subjunctive). There will be a test on the first day of school. Attached you will find a blank copy for Hablar, so you know exactly what you are expected to fill in on the test. Spelling and accents must be perfect in order to receive a perfect score.

Hablar test

The conjugations to hablar, comer, and vivir can be found in many places, including:

Verb Conjugations

Questions can be directed to Sr. Sushinsky at dsushinsky@heights.edu

AP Spanish Summer Assignment

You are expected to know all the conjugations for the regular verbs Hablar, Comer, and Vivir(with the exception of the preterit perfect indicative, the future subjunctive, and the future perfect subjunctive). There will be a test on the first day of school. Attached you will find a blank copy for Hablar, so you know exactly what you are expected to fill in on the test. Spelling and accents must be perfect in order to receive a perfect score.

Hablar test

The conjugations to hablar, comer, and vivir can be found in many places, including:

Click Here for Conjugations

Questions can be directed to Sr. Sushinsky at dsushinsky@heights.edu